OANDA API PUT /v3/accounts/{accountID}/positions/{instrument}/close

PUT/v3/accounts/{accountID}/positions/{instrument}/closeversion v3Positions

Close out the long side, the short side or both for one instrument.

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Independent and unofficialdeveloper.oanda.comchecked 12 Oct 2026

Confirmed on the official position endpoints page. Method, path and request parameters were re-read on that page on 12 Oct 2026 and agree with this record; the mock reply was not compared field by field. The page lists ALL as the default for both sides; send NONE explicitly for the side you want to keep. 400 if nothing matches.

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Description
Accept-Datetime-Format	header	string	Optional. RFC3339 (default) or UNIX for epoch seconds in datetime fields.
Content-Typerequired	header	string	Send application/json on every request with a body.
accountIDrequired	path	string	Account ID from GET /v3/accounts. Mock value shown.
instrumentrequired	path	string	Instrument name.
longUnits	body	string	ALL, NONE or a number of long units to close.
shortUnits	body	string	ALL, NONE or a number of short units to close.

Authentication headers

Name	Type	Description
Authorizationrequired	string	Send Bearer followed by your personal access token. Placeholder only: never paste a real token into this site.

Request

Written from the method, path and parameters recorded on this page, against the demo host. Not executed against a live or demo account. Credentials are read from environment variables on your own machine and are never entered on this site. The request builder writes these same snippets, from the same record.

This call takes a request body. The record marks no body field as required, so the samples send an empty JSON object with a Content-Type of application/json (in Python, passing json= sets that header). Add the fields the call needs from the parameters above before the request can succeed.

Python

# Set OANDA_TOKEN, OANDA_ACCOUNT_ID as environment variables first. Never paste real values into code.
# Replace each {placeholder}, "..." and 0 with a real value before running.
# Optional and not shown: headers Accept-Datetime-Format; body fields longUnits, shortUnits.
import os
import requests

BASE_URL = "https://api-fxpractice.oanda.com"  # the demo host
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer " + os.environ["OANDA_TOKEN"],
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
}
body = {}
resp = requests.put(BASE_URL + "/v3/accounts/" + os.environ["OANDA_ACCOUNT_ID"] + "/positions/{instrument}/close", headers=headers, json=body, timeout=10)
resp.raise_for_status()
print(resp.json())

JavaScript

// Set OANDA_TOKEN, OANDA_ACCOUNT_ID as environment variables first. Never paste real values into code.
// Replace each {placeholder}, "..." and 0 with a real value before running.
// Optional and not shown: headers Accept-Datetime-Format; body fields longUnits, shortUnits.
// Run as a module, for example a .mjs file, on a Node version that has fetch built in.
const BASE_URL = "https://api-fxpractice.oanda.com"; // the demo host
const res = await fetch(BASE_URL + "/v3/accounts/" + process.env.OANDA_ACCOUNT_ID + "/positions/{instrument}/close", {
  method: "PUT",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": "Bearer " + process.env.OANDA_TOKEN,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({}),
});
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`HTTP ${res.status}`);
console.log(await res.json());

curl

# Set OANDA_TOKEN, OANDA_ACCOUNT_ID as environment variables first. Never paste real values into code.
# Replace each {placeholder}, "..." and 0 with a real value before running.
# Optional and not shown: headers Accept-Datetime-Format; body fields longUnits, shortUnits.
curl -X PUT "https://api-fxpractice.oanda.com/v3/accounts/$OANDA_ACCOUNT_ID/positions/{instrument}/close" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OANDA_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{}'

Response

A mock response. The values are invented, so check field names against the official reference.

{
  "_mock": true,
  "longOrderCreateTransaction": {
    "id": "9007",
    "type": "MARKET_ORDER",
    "instrument": "EUR_USD",
    "units": "-1000",
    "reason": "POSITION_CLOSEOUT",
    "accountID": "101-004-MOCK-001"
  },
  "longOrderFillTransaction": {
    "id": "9008",
    "type": "ORDER_FILL",
    "instrument": "EUR_USD",
    "units": "-1000",
    "price": "1.10120",
    "pl": "1.0000",
    "accountID": "101-004-MOCK-001"
  },
  "relatedTransactionIDs": [
    "9007",
    "9008"
  ],
  "lastTransactionID": "9008"
}

Response schema, HTTP 200

Every field this site's OpenAPI file for OANDA declares for this response.

Field	Type	Description
longOrderCreateTransaction	object	Not recorded
id	string	Not recorded
type	string	Not recorded
instrument	string	Not recorded
units	string	Not recorded
reason	string	Not recorded
accountID	string	Not recorded
longOrderFillTransaction	object	Not recorded
id	string	Not recorded
type	string	Not recorded
instrument	string	Not recorded
units	string	Not recorded
price	string	Not recorded
pl	string	Not recorded
accountID	string	Not recorded
relatedTransactionIDs	array of string	Not recorded
lastTransactionID	string	Not recorded

Unverifiedno source opened This schema is not sourced to a page of the provider's own that we opened, so check field names against the official reference.

Limits that apply at OANDA

Limit	Value	Scope	Source
Headline limit	120/s per IP address, HTTP 429 above it	ip	developer.oanda.comchecked 3 Oct 2026

OANDA API errors you may meet

All OANDA API error codes, including 236 more not listed here.